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Steve S. Saroff is a short-story writer, novelist, and inventor. His recent stories have appeared in Monkeybicycle, Jewish Fiction Journal, Examined Life (University of Iowa), BULL, and more. In a different era, he paid his rent with what he was paid for his stories, which appeared in Redbook and other national glossy magazines read by millions. He is also the author of several books, including the novel Paper Targets, which was an Amazon Top 100 for several months after its publication.

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Steve S. Saroff Thank you Tammie for the kind words. I'm currently working on new book, which I hope to get published soon. This one will also be set in Western Monta…moreThank you Tammie for the kind words. I'm currently working on new book, which I hope to get published soon. This one will also be set in Western Montana. Also, my other published book, "The Long Line of Elk," has the origin story of the main character in Paper Targets. Again, thank you. - steve(less)
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Paper Targets: Art Can Be M...

4.11 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions
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Nine of my recent short stories were submitted to literary journals in 2025, five were accepted, and four were published in 2025. More are forthcoming in 2026. Thank you, Dear Readers. Links to stories, old and new, on Saroff (dot) com
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“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
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Sea Ranch Impressions by Karen Cairn Kreisel
"One of life's great pleasures is seeing a place through the eyes of someone who truly knows and loves it. That's exactly what Sea Ranch Impressions offers.

I was fortunate to call this stretch of coastline home for a time and came to love it in countl" Read more of this review »
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This is a joyful book. It combines beautiful black-and-white prints of the beloved plants of the Northern California coast with clear botanical notes, natural history, and bits of lore. The writing is thoughtful and accessible, and the book is well o ...more
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“Clean clothes. Gentle talk. Someone to wake up with. Maybe relationships would work if they were based on present-tense actions that never looked for a future beyond the next day.”
Steve S. Saroff, Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder

“But someone who has been busted broke, if they can take care of themselves from that point, they act different. They build their own fires.”
Steve S. Saroff, Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder

“My sadness, and especially my joy, one moment was solid, but then the next it was empty space.”
Steve S. Saroff, Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder

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“But someone who has been busted broke, if they can take care of themselves from that point, they act different. They build their own fires.”
Steve S. Saroff, Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder

“I find her most in solitary places: along the Blackfoot river in Autumn, a place she never saw, where red river rocks sparkle in the low water and dark trout pretend to be shadows.”
Steve S. Saroff, The Long Line of Elk

“Out this small window there is a halo of light, the Glory rainbow that scientists tell us is caused by ice crystals, but which my heart tells me is her bright memory.”
Steve S. Saroff, The Long Line of Elk

“Clean clothes. Gentle talk. Someone to wake up with. Maybe relationships would work if they were based on present-tense actions that never looked for a future beyond the next day.”
Steve S. Saroff, Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder

“My sadness, and especially my joy, one moment was solid, but then the next it was empty space.”
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Carl Paper Targets Art Can Be Murder by Steve S. Saroff Such great reviews! Congratulations!!!


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Carl Steve, I am pleased to see how many people are enjoying Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder


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